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Why such a short term in prison for Rev. Lee?

Look at the report from the front page of the recent issue of Christian Times:

Ariella Solomon說，李志光的刑期較短，是因為他不是主犯.

Regarding the integrity of Rev. Lee, look at the following in the same article:

根據本報從以色列法院所得的李志光案判詞顯示，李志光被海關查問時曾否認有關珠寶屬於他，及後海關人員在其手機短訊內容中，發現記載著他在港取貨及抵達以色列後交貨安排的資料。

Therefore, it is not whether the judge believe Rev. Lee that he is ignorant or not but the short term of imprisonment is simply because he is not the key person in this crime.

A correction to my previous comment

In my previous posting, I said:

"He said that 'the penalty is very light reflecting that the judge didn't believe what Rev. Li said', it is very contradicting. Rev. Li said that he didn't know that he is carrying real jewelry for his friend. If the judge didn't believe what he said, the penalty should be much heavier. May be it is just a misuse of words."

It should be the court (as said by Rev. Leung) and not the judge. Rev. Leung also said that the court believe what Rev. Li said and not "didn't believe", this is my mistake.

This is minor, but it is interesting to know what should be the penalty for breaking the custom law. Is three months a reasonable penalty? I think the court is giving the penalty based on the one time crime and not the past 15 times.

Bear in mind, Rev. Li is also banned to return to Israel (no matter it is from the court or not), that is another penalty that he has to bear and it is serious.

There are too many unanswered questions even after reading the report (or defense or sharing) from Rev. Li himself. He was convicted (unless we want to say that the Israel Court has misjudged him). He has admitted that he received momentary reward for carrying the jewelry for his friends (it is not so simple and innocent). His spiritualization of his imprisonment is unacceptable and unbelievable.

I am not trying to nail him but I think we need to protect our dignity as Christians.

Why defending him?

I enjoyed listening to Rev. Leung's sharing on this link in the past years but I have some comments regarding this one.

He said that "the penalty is very light reflecting that the judge didn't believe what Rev. Li said", it is very contradicting. Rev. Li said that he didn't know that he is carrying real jewelry for his friend. If the judge didn't believe what he said, the penalty should be much heavier. May be it is just a misuse of words.

He started by defending Rev. Li claiming that clergy are very "pure" and that is why very easy to believe others but bear in mind we should be "pure" but not "simple" nor "ignorant". Also, I don't think clergy are so "simple" and easily deceived by fellow Christians. I don't think Rev. Leung is and neither is Rev. Li. The Bible also asked us to be "wise", am I right?

He also compared his own experience with Rev. Li which are two different cases. We can have compassion and even empathy for others but don't twist the facts. If we read the reports carefully, there are many facts, 15 times carrying unreported jewelry into Israel, receiving air ticket and US$1000 (or more) for each carry, being convicted by the judge and having a criminal record, these are all facts. It is hard to believe his ignorance and even his motive of helping the poor.

He said that we need to pray for Rev. Li and don't criticize too soon. In the same line, don't defend for him too soon, he has asked a lot of questions and hope that Rev. Li can provide further information for the public. Before Rev. Li did so, why defend him?

This sharing made me feel very uncomfortable, very unconvincing in the arguments at all.